TY - BOOK ID - 1701159 TI - Laws 10. AU - Plato AU - Mayhew, Robert. PY - 2008 SN - 9780199225965 0199225966 0199694729 9780199694723 0199694729 9780199694723 PB - Oxford Oxford university press DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy KW - Political science KW - State, The KW - Religion and politics KW - Science politique KW - Etat KW - Religion et politique KW - Early works to 1800. KW - Ouvrages avant 1800 KW - Politics, Practical KW - Politics and religion KW - Religion KW - Religions KW - Religious aspects KW - Political aspects KW - Political science - Early works to 1800 KW - State, The - Early works to 1800 KW - Religion and politics - Early works to 1800 KW - Plato. - Laws. - Book 10 KW - Plato - Religion KW - Plato UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1701159 AB - The Laws is Plato's last and longest dialogue. Although it has been neglected (compared to such works as the Republic and Symposium), it is beginning to receive a great deal of scholarly attention. Book 10 of the Laws contains Plato's fullest defence of the existence of the gods, and his last word on their nature, as well as a presentation and defence of laws against impiety (e.g. atheism). Plato's primary aim is to defend the idea that the gods exist and that they are good - this latter meaning that they do not neglect human beings and cannot be swayed by prayers and sacrifices to overlook injustice. As such, the Laws is an important text for anyone interested in ancient Greek religion, philosophy, and politics generally, and the later thought of Plato in particular. Robert Mayhew presents a new translation, with commentary, of Book X of the Laws. His primary aim in the translation is fidelity to the Greek. His commentary focuses on philosophical issues (broadly understood to include religion and politics), and deals with philological matters only when doing so serves to better explain those issues. Knowledge of Greek is not assumed, and the Greek that does appear has been transliterated. It is the first commentary in English of any kind on Laws X for nearly 140 years. ER -